Clothes-drier.



B. GALLSWORTHY.

CLOTHES DRIER. APPL ICATION FILED JAN. 29, 1915;

"Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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BENJAMIN GALLSWORTHY, 01 PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Application filed January 29, 1915. Serial No. 5,135.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN GALLS WORTI-IY, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, residing at Port Arthur, in the county of Jefferson andState of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClothes-Briers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a clothesdrier.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of the characterdescribed designed to be used for drying clothes, or other articles, andconstructed so as to surround a stove or other heater, from which heatis radiated.

'With the above and other objects in view,

the invention has relation to certain novel features of construction anduse, an example of which is given in this specification and illustratedin the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 shows a side elevation of the de vice. Fig. 2, shows a planview thereof. Figs. 3 and 4 show fragmentary plan and sectional viewsrespectively, of the frame tened together by means of rivets 3, whichpass through alined orifices in the overlapping tongues and fix thesupports relative to each other. Arcuaterods, as 4, formed of metal,bamboo, or other suitable material extend transversely and have theirrespective ends secured to the respective supports 1, 1,

' and at the top these rods gradually decrease in length, so as togradually lessen, in diameter, the cage formed by them, and give the topthereof an oval form. Vertical rods 5, are also provided, formed of thesame mas terial as rods 4, and which are interwoven with said rods 4 soas to form a reticulated cage, the upper ends of the vertical rodsconverging to a common point at the vertical center of the cagewhere-they are secured together.

The numeral- 6 refers to a flexible member arranged vertically, andwhose opposite ends are passed under-the opposite transverse bars butwhich passes over the intervening transverse bars, as illustrated inFigs. 1, 3 and 4, and both ends of this member are turned outwardlyforming hooks 7 and 8 from which the articles to be dried maybesuspended; and any desired number of the hooks may be employed.

The cage is placed over a stove 9, from which heat is radiated to drythe articles suspended from the device and it is obvious that saidarticles will be held spaced from the stove the required distance so asnot to be burned.

When not in use.the pins 3, may be removed, if desired and the sectionsseparated for compactness in storing. It is not essen.

tial, however, that the device be formed in sections. It may beconstructed as a unit, if preferred. v

What I claim is:

1. A device of the character described ineluding a pair of inverted Ushaped supports, spaced apart, tongues extending laterally from eachsupport, the tongues of the respective supports overlapping, and havingalined orifices, rivets passing through said orifices for securing thetongues together so that they may be readily detached, arcuate rodsextending transversely and having their respective ends secured to saidsup rts, vertical rods interwoven with the EFanslverse rods and forminga reticulated, :age( and hooks carried by the wall of the cage.

2. A device of the character described including a pair of invertedU-sh'aped supports, spaced apart, tongues extending laterally from eachsupport, the tongues of the respective supports overlapping and havingalined orifices, rivets passing through sai orifices for securing thetongues together so that they mav be readily detached, arcuatetransverse rods having their respective ends secured to said supports,vertical rods interwoven with the transverse'rods and form-.

ing a reticulated cage and a plfirality of name to this specification inthe presence ef flexible mcelsmbers Whose pposite ends are twosubscribing Witnesses.

passed un er the opposlng transverse rods andwhichpass ver theintervening trans- BENJAMIN GAL-LSWORTHY 5 verse rogl, the ends ofsaidmembers being Witnesses:

formed lIltO hooks. J. W. HARLE,

In testimnnv whereof I have signed my E. B. McSWAIir.

